So now PayPal has disappeared from my app list and when I try to find out why I see a huge...

[TreasonousBastard]

mount ot complaints. Apparently the assholencrew of developers got their hands on it and "improved" it.

.all this digital shit could be great if they just left it alone.

[lapfog_1]

1. I've spent a lifetime in developing software

and I swear... programmers are like male dogs at a fire hydrant. They have to leave their mark. Doesn't change the function of the fire hydrant, but they have to change it so it "smells right" to them.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Years ago I met the Sony programming chief who was complaining..

about one of his "stars"

The guy finished the job in half the time, which is a big red light, and when the bigshot hit a certain key combination it blew up. He tried a few more with the same result. Calling the kid on the carpet, kid says "but no good operator would do that"

And we wonder why we have problems.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

2. What in the world are you talking about, mine looks fine and works like always

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Disappeared from where? Your phone?

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Yeah. My phone has a bad habit of deleting apps it doesn't like...

With no warning or explanation.

Fuck Android.

[canetoad]

6. You can turn that function off

It's called 'Unload unused apps' on iPhone. Android may differ.

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Android is different, very different

[canetoad]

11. I don't think so

And have used both. More similarities than differences.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. My Android phone is 6 years old and none of my apps

disappear.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. 6 years ago I didn't have that problem, either. Android has grown...

in age from it's 20s to it's teens.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. I'm still running latest updates. Check your settings.

Google your exact problem. Are they on your home page? Is it the icon that disappears or the app?
What phone?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. My phone is Android and has never done that.

[Raine]

10. I lose apps and bookmarks every time the "geniuses" attempt to "improve" things..

it's a huge pain in the butt for me to have to find and put all the lost things back, very time consuming.